"If you ask any of the people with me, their instructions were you see somebody with a catastrophic onset of a fever and unexplained bleeding, the first thing they're supposed to do is step away from that patient."

Dr. Ball says the disease is spread through blood or bodily fluids.

There is no cure or vaccine or Ebola.

"You can recover, that's the good news. The bad news is recovery rate is less than 50 percent. Kill rate is 60 to 90 percent,” Ball said.

"We're hearing about this now because number one, it's the largest outbreak ever known to the world. Number two, it has crossed all borders thanks to airplanes."

Dr. Deal says his missionaries are not in the areas affected by the Ebola outbreak, so those folks are not being evacuated.

But he believes future missions could be affected.

"It's certainly going to have a psychological effect on missions. People will be afraid of the disease."

Berkeley County School District officials say a social media post about someone wanting do harm at a school with an SHS abbreviation originated in another state and is not directed at any school in the county.

Berkeley County School District officials say a social media post about someone wanting do harm at a school with an SHS abbreviation originated in another state and is not directed at any school in the county.